A notoriously dangerous stretch of the A18 near Grimsby has been named as one of the top ten most dangerous roads in the UK.

The 15km section of the road - from its junction with the A46 near Laceby and its junction with the A16 near Ludborough - has once again been included in a list of the most dangerous roads in the country.

The latest Road Safety Foundation report, published today, has found that the A18 is the ninth most deadly nationwide.

The A18 has been named as the ninth most dangerous in the UK, according to a new report (Image: Jon Corken)

Between 2013 and 2015, there were 11 fatal or serious crashes on the road, including one death, a stat that represents a drop of six between 2011 and 2013.

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Just two months ago a 77 year old man sadly died following a three vehicle collision at the A18 Barton Street junction with Nooking Lane.

Tragically, five members of the same family, the Cockburns, died on the A18 when their car was involved in a collision on the road in 2013.

Local man, Alan Critchley, also sadly lost his life when travelling on the road, when his Suzuki motorcycle collided with a Renault Clio close to the Whites Lane junction, between Barton Street and Lincoln Gate, Ludborough, on May 31.

The danger roads in North East Lincolnshire (Image: Road Safety Foundation)

But there are signs that the A18 may be getting safer.

In September 2015 and referring to stats from 2011 and 2013, the Road Safety Foundation listed the A18 as the number one most dangerous road in the country.

Back then the single carriageway road was given a risk rating of 209.5, which shows the number of fatal and serious crashes per billion vehicle kilometres travelled on the road between 2011-13.

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But this new report gives the A18 a risk rating 128.8, which indicates that the road is getting safer over time.

In an effort to curb the number of serious crashes on the A18, a portion of a £175 million pot of Government money was awarded to North East Lincolnshire Council a year ago to upgrade seven of the most dangerous local roads in the Yorkshire and Humber area, where the risk of fatal and serious collisions is highest.

The A18 Barton Street, Laceby, was filled in along its edge and new safety bollards put in place, following the tragic collision which killed five members of the same family (Image: Rick Byrne)

It came after the A18 was singled out as one of those seven most dangerous roads in the area, and extra effort was pledged to repair the 15km stretch of the road which is in desperate need of repair.

The Road Safety Foundation's new stats show how 55 per cent of crashes on the A18 between 2013-15 involved motorcyclists, whilst non involved pedestrians or cyclists.

Just over half of the serious crashes happened at junctions, nine per cent were head-on collisions and 27 per cent happened on run-offs.

Roadworks took place on the A18 to repair the damaged road in 2015. Pictured is patched up sections near to the Oaklands and Laceby Manor (Image: Jon Corken)

Nationally, the number of people killed on Britain’s roads increased by four per cent, from 1,730 in 2015 to 1,792 in 2016, the highest annual total since 2011.

An average of 71 people were killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads every day, and 19 per cent of local authority roads by length are high risk or medium-high risk, and as such have "unacceptably high levels of risk".

The A1077, between South Ferriby and the A160 near South Killingholme is one of those listed as medium to high risk. It was the scene of a horrific crash three weeks ago which claimed the lives of Faress Fouchal, 23, and Povico Vaz, 22 from Scunthorpe.

They died when the Astra they were travelling in collided with an Audi.